Ceeraz, Sabrina
Eszterhas, Susan K.
Sergent, Petra A.
Armstrong, David A.
Ashare, Alix
Broughton, Thomas
Wang, Li
Pechenick, Dov
Burns, Christopher M.
Noelle, Randolph J.
Vincenti, Matthew P.
Fava, Roy A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (A1098007)
National Cancer Institute (CA164225)
Alliance for Lupus Research
Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (Synergy Pilot)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2017
Accepted: 14 November 2017
First Online: 8 December 2017
Ethics approval
: Human synovial samples were purchased as de-identified protein extracts and histology sections and were therefore exempt from IRB oversight. Experiments using V-KO and WT mice were in accordance with an approved Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocol and conducted at the accredited Veterinary Medical Unit at the White River Junction VA.
: Not applicable.
: RJN is involved with the commercial development of VISTA and is the CSO of ImmuNext Corporation and receives research support, salary and/or consulting fees. LW and SC are involved with the commercial development of VISTA. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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